# Milana (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/milana/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Sicilian |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 7,027 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 7,027 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,306, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Sicilian Milana.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 252 | 1,002 |
| 2012 | 267 | 953 |
| 2013 | 352 | 774 |
| 2014 | 370 | 756 |
| 2015 | 421 | 678 |
| 2016 | 396 | 720 |
| 2017 | 418 | 696 |
| 2018 | 367 | 750 |
| 2019 | 298 | 894 |
| 2020 | 403 | 699 |
| 2021 | 350 | 804 |
| 2022 | 372 | 769 |
| 2023 | 373 | 756 |
| 2024 | 360 | 783 |
| 2025 | 336 | 812 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 39 | 915 |
| 2012 | 78 | 542 |
| 2013 | 66 | 616 |
| 2014 | 80 | 527 |
| 2015 | 93 | 467 |
| 2016 | 70 | 605 |
| 2017 | 97 | 453 |
| 2018 | 110 | 402 |
| 2019 | 86 | 480 |
| 2020 | 70 | 559 |
| 2021 | 83 | 503 |
| 2022 | 72 | 541 |
| 2023 | 81 | 490 |
| 2024 | 66 | 594 |
| 2025 | 70 | 568 |

## People named Milana

- Milana Vayntrub, American actress
- Milana Terloeva, French-speaking Chechen writer
- Sidnie Milana Manton, British zoologist (1902-1979)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.